Nasir al-Wuhayshi

Nasir al-Wuhayshi, also known as Abu Basir, was the leader of Ansar al-Sharia (Al-Qaeda in Arabia).

Biography
Nasir al-Wuhayshi was born in Yemen and was hired as the private secretary to Osama Bin Laden, the leader of Al-Qaeda. In 2001, he left Afghanistan but was captured by Iran and handed over to Yemen, where he was imprisoned. Nasir escaped in February 2006 with 23 others, and he succeeded Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi as the leader of the Al-Qaeda offshoot in Saudi Arabia and Yemen, Ansar al-Sharia. He assisted in the Yemeni Revolution of 2011 by assisting Salafi students in an uprising at Dammaj against the Houthis.